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In Europe we have buildings that were built 100 years ago. There are no issues with these buildings and I bet these can last for additional 100 years. It is ins

In Europe we have buildings that were built 100 years ago. There are no issues with these buildings and I bet these can last for additional 100 years. It is insane that we have 40 years buildings collapsing.

wcoenen 5y ago
In this context, we're talking about buildings of 10 stories or more. Such 100+ year old skyscrapers can be found in Chicago and New York. But the first skyscraper in Europe (the "Boerentoren") wasn't completed until 1931.
- Someone 5y ago
  Had to google that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boerentoren https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boerentoren: “At the time of construction it was the second tallest building in Europe by roof height (after Telefónica Building).” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefónica_Building https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefónica_Building: “The Telefónica Building, in Spanish Edificio Telefónica, is a skyscraper in Madrid, Spain” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_skyscrapers#Emergence_of_the_skyscraper:_1880–1899 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_skyscrapers#Emergence_of...: “The first skyscraper in Europe, Witte Huis, was built in Rotterdam in 1898” ⇒ Wikipedia doesn’t think it’s the first skyscraper in Europe. That last building (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witte_Huis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witte_Huis) is a whopping (not, nowadays) 43 meters high, but does have a steel frame, and that (alongside height) is one of the main criteria to define “skyscraper”. They all look nice, but the Boerentoren has the most skyscrapery look to me.
seized 5y ago
This collapsed building was also on the Florida coast. Storms, salt in the air, heat, humidity, sinking ground....
ncr100 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_structural_failures_and_collapses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_structural_failures_an... Loosely collected data of What building collapsed Where. (includes bridges & towers)
perl4ever 5y ago
In Europe, the buildings that are 100 years old didn't collapse 60 years ago. This is a perspicacious observation. I bet a lot of European buildings that were built 100 years ago had some issues when they were 20 years old, though. The oldest building in my city (capital of one of the largest states in the US) was constructed in 1728, and the oldest street originated in the mid-1600s and is still paved with cobblestones.

wcoenen 5y ago

In this context, we're talking about buildings of 10 stories or more. Such 100+ year old skyscrapers can be found in Chicago and New York. But the first skyscraper in Europe (the "Boerentoren") wasn't completed until 1931.

Someone 5y ago
Had to google that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boerentoren https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boerentoren: “At the time of construction it was the second tallest building in Europe by roof height (after Telefónica Building).” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefónica_Building https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefónica_Building: “The Telefónica Building, in Spanish Edificio Telefónica, is a skyscraper in Madrid, Spain” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_skyscrapers#Emergence_of_the_skyscraper:_1880–1899 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_skyscrapers#Emergence_of...: “The first skyscraper in Europe, Witte Huis, was built in Rotterdam in 1898” ⇒ Wikipedia doesn’t think it’s the first skyscraper in Europe. That last building (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witte_Huis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witte_Huis) is a whopping (not, nowadays) 43 meters high, but does have a steel frame, and that (alongside height) is one of the main criteria to define “skyscraper”. They all look nice, but the Boerentoren has the most skyscrapery look to me.

seized 5y ago

This collapsed building was also on the Florida coast. Storms, salt in the air, heat, humidity, sinking ground....

ncr100 5y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_structural_failures_and_collapses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_structural_failures_an... Loosely collected data of What building collapsed Where. (includes bridges & towers)

perl4ever 5y ago

In Europe, the buildings that are 100 years old didn't collapse 60 years ago. This is a perspicacious observation. I bet a lot of European buildings that were built 100 years ago had some issues when they were 20 years old, though. The oldest building in my city (capital of one of the largest states in the US) was constructed in 1728, and the oldest street originated in the mid-1600s and is still paved with cobblestones.